In 1967 Barry Moser moved from Tennessee to New England and was teaching at The Williston Academy in Easthampton, Massachusetts. He was soon befriended by Louis Smith, a glazer, framer, and print collector who introduced him to Leonard Baskin with whom he studied at Baskin's Gehenna Press. Walking into the pressroom of Gehenna Press was […]

Judith Dickerman-Nelson earned her B.A. in English from UMass Lowell and her MFA in writing from Emerson College. She is the author of the memoir Believe in Me: A Teen Mom’s Story published by Jefferson Park Press and the poetry book Spirits Dancing Into Light published by Loom Press. Her writing has appeared in numerous journals and […]

Visual Artist Nancy Lessard Downing initially went to college to become a commercial artist/cartoonist via Mass College of Art as well as the New England School of Art & Design but realized there are so many more mediums that she loved to work with. She has since worked full-time in the business world.  Now experiencing […]

My story began as a child in Moldova when it was part of the former Soviet Union. My memory kaleidoscope shows streets of a small town, music and art, sunny vineyards, and hugging waves of Black Sea in neighboring Ukraine.  Family, friends, and teaching biochemistry - everything was clear, explained and known. My story evolved […]

Jacqueline Dembar Greene is the author of more than 40 books for young readers, including picture books, historical novels, mysteries, non-fiction, and American Girls’ “Rebecca” series. With a passion for history, she almost always builds her stories around a pivotal moment from the past, with rich period detail. Often, her books bring to life a […]

On mbira, banjo, and guitar, Brendan Taaffe reimagines old-time ballads in a way that invokes both Dock Boggs and Graceland, drawing deep from the well of American traditions to document a very personal present. It is on the mbira that Taaffe has found a truly distinctive voice, blending African rhythms with Appalachian ballads to create a new sound that comes together […]

Muhammad Hamid Zaman is Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Boston University. A major research theme in his lab focuses on developing solutions to improve access to quality care in low income settings, including in refugee settlements. In addition to over 130 peer-reviewed research articles, he has also authored two books for broad […]

Helen Fremont’s new memoir, The Escape Artist, published in 2020 by Simon & Schuster, was selected as a New York Times “Editor’s Choice” new book.  It was also chosen by People Magazine as a “Best New Book” in February, 2020.  Her nationally bestselling first memoir, After Long Silence, (Penguin Random House) was selected by The […]

Ruth Benson Levin and Lynn Modell have been working together for many years. They first met as freshman dance majors at Adelphi University in 1972 and have been creating dance works together ever since. After graduation they moved to Boston, and with other Adelphi alumnae, formed a dance company called Kineticompany. Their first performing locales […]

The Flower Pistils keep it real. Lyrical craftsmanship and lush harmonies abound. Hard emotions are tempered with humor. Their songs tell the story of a world fraught with imbalance, yearning for connection. Their single, Children of The Endtimes was a winning finalist in the John Lennon Songwriting Competition in 2020. The duo, Micah Huang and […]